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...promise that, if enforced, it will benefit the health of bar employees and customers (Editorial, “A Breath of Fresh Air,” Dec. 16). There are, however, many ways, relating to health, in which the war on smoking has not been beneficial. Two examples are asthma and obesity...
Tobacco reformers have promoted this war as a boon to asthmatics. In the last 25 years, 40 million Americans have quit the habit and it has been severely restricted. During this period, however, adult asthma rates have increased 75 percent and children’s 160 percent...
...medical officials explain the sharp rise in the incidence of asthma at the same time as the precipitous decrease in smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke...
...Harvard-affiliated Whitehead Center for Genome Research has started work with 14 other research groups worldwide to map variant genes thought to underlie common diseases like diabetes, asthma and cancer...
...Custody relinquishment has been a well-kept secret to the public, but what's clear is that when you have a child with asthma or a heart problem or diabetes, you go to a doctor. When you have a child with a serious mental-health problem, you often go to child welfare," says Mary Giliberti, a senior attorney at the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, based in Washington. "Aside from being inhumane, it's fiscally irresponsible and ends up causing more damage to families...